I love it. I think it would be even funnier if you made it only scroll in one direction (downwards) to remove any possible semblance of being useful.
I'd love if my cellphone had a lateral button like old portable radios had to adjust the volume but with the sole purpose of scrolling. Scrolling on the screen is annoying, my finger covers the content and I must be careful not to click something. I really can't believe I'm the only one desiring such a thing.
I don't get it. What's it do?
I hate it. I love it.
I've been thinking of removing the scroll wheel from my media PC's mouse to make doom scrolling harder. Love to see the innovation in going hard the other direction.
There's plenty of wireless standalone scroll knobs out there if this sounds like your cup of tea https://www.amazon.com/Razer-Wireless-Control-Pod-Customizat...
I know a few doom scrollers for whom this would be incredibly tempting. The video looked like it requires a lot of rotations per screen tick. Can that be adjusted?
Now I am wondering if you can connect a bluetooth mouse to a phone to achieve the same effect, albeit in a less convenient package.
But does it actually run Doom?
Should be paired with the OG Doomscroller: https://endlessdoomscroller.com
Add a number lcd displaying how many miles you have scrolled so far
People talking about old Blackberry and other phone/handhelds that had scroll wheels.... was reminded of the more recent Rabbit R1 device "analog scroll wheel"
Joke or not, this could be a pretty ergonomic way to read long form content. Currently I rebind my mouse side buttons to page up/down which serves much the same purpose, since scrolling endlessly on a mouse doesn't feel great for your hands.
I actually have a working prototype or two plus some cad for making a clicky scroll wheel using those chunky cnc Dials, is there a market for that? (The haptics of a cnc dial make it really nice for jumping around really long documents )
Edit: I’ve got usb c and usb a versions, I mean stuff like https://images.app.goo.gl/7t7SCs945yyxinsM8 when I say dial. Still messing around with what sorts of enclosure etc for the overall device
Honestly I've always wanted something like this for reading ebooks.
After many iterations (and neck injuries) I've found the best position for me is simply laying horizontally with a normal sleeping pillow. Then using a stand with an arm to hold the device at the perfect position/distance (I use progressive glasses).
Typically I only lift my arm to scroll to the next page. But sometimes I skim sections of technical books and keep my arm lifted to move quickly. Holding the arm up for 5-10 minutes becomes annoying.
This is really neat, I wonder how hard it would be to retool for Android camera controls. There's an accessory for the iPhone to get physical camera controls, but it's thicc
Every band of builders in a garage needs a variety of classes, but at least one Doomscroller. While everyone else's attention is down, in, focused, the Doomscroller looks outward.
They are the teams eyes and ears, continuously maintaining the indespensible information grounding signal. A streaming infinite scrolling HTML connection to the garage, from the real world.
Site doesn't even work on Android.
One of the best UIs I've ever used was on Sony phone with a scroller-button. Scroller was to choose the option and button underneath (you pushed the scroller) was to select. Very fast, easy to learn and usable.
This was brilliant, I played with it longer than I really should have
Why is this a knob and not a scroll wheel.
Protip, there's $10 "VR" controllers thats basically an analogue stick with a ring finger hole that does this already, in more ergonic way.
> Only works with Android/PC. Sorry iOS
If this was implemented as a Bluetooth mouse with just a scroll wheel, wouldn’t you get support on all recent operating systems for free?
Amazing product. I'm a bit dissapointed though at the lack of scrolling possibilities in the website.
Surface Dial's mutant cousin.
I would like to buy a device but seems like Stripe does not send it to Ukraine.
If somebody could invent something like this to turn my kindle pages
the site just needs some subdomains, like https://ai.doomscroller.xyz for an extra bit of charm
Honestly, I'm a bit tempted. I read quite a bit on my laptop while lying down and my arms are always in a bit of awkward position in order to scroll. I have been thinking of getting one of those presenter tools.
The only downsides are price & lack of click.
brings back memories of my ipod which i never had.
Needs knurling.
have you raised any capital for this project? i think a lot of incubators could be interested in helping you enshittify this idea.
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Amazing. I'm glad you don't ship outside of the US 'cause I would be insanely tempted to buy this completely superfluous gadget. Love everything about it, from the idea and its negative utility to design and materials.
Are there any details available? Dimensions, charging, etc?
Actually, this can be used as a presentation clicker, right? There you go, business expense.